The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mr. RUsKINs books reached a sale last year
OF s40.0 0O Sesame and Lilies" led the list
WHEN four women are walking abreast on the
sidewalk they will break ranks for nothing ex-
cept a man with paint pot
THE West from Minnesota to Texas is having
one of those sweeping real estate booms which
are apt to 60 before a fall, and a most serious
THERE was thrilling spectacle at Red Bluff,
Cal, the other day. when Governor Bartlett
at public reception, was kissed by fifty young
ladies.
IN Wallingford, Conn. there is said to be
woman seventy five years of age who has raised
family of fifteen children aud had six hus-
bands, the lady having been a bride three times
since her sixtieth birthday.
Mr.. DANIEL DAVIS. who died recently at
Princeton, Mass, made much of the earliest tele-
graph apparatus for Morse and in his shop ALSO
it may be noted, was made by Elias Howe one OF
the earliest sewing machines.
In Windsor Castle are three unique Rose
du Barri vases which are valued at EGO, 600, and
in the green drawing room is famous Sevres
dessert service, which would sell tomorrow for
$4,000. This service was made for Louis XVI
THE elder Agassz learned something one day
in Chicago. He saw a workman place five bricks
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drop to run over, and the great naturalist hand
ed the man s. bill and made note of the cir
cumstauce.
''AH what's this9 exclaimed the intelligent
compostor: Sermons in stones books in the
running brooks? That can't be right have
it! He means Sermons in books, stones in the
running brooks That's sense And that is
how the writer found it
THE Viceroy of the Liang Kiang recently is
sued proclamation ordering all the mandarns
and people under him to beat their gongs, and
fire guns and crackers to help the moon, and
prevent it from being swallowed up by the
heavenly monster on this occasion tine eclipse J
A CHICAGO man has spent $4,000 in fitting
up his sitting room; and when his get old
enough it is probable that they will prefer to
spend half the night in boys club-roo con-
tainlng couple of 75-cent caro- tables. half-a-
dozen broken back chairs and two-dollar- and
a-half stove.
A HISTORIAN. who is 'doing up" Lincoln's
life, is thus reproved by the Milwaukee Sentinel:
MIR Delaney is mistaken about Lincoln being
Sangamon river boatman The Sangamon has
not enough to float overshoe The
catfish in that river have to be watered like
stock by humane people along the banks"
MRS CAROLINE WARDLow, a wealthy widow,
whose matrimonial intentions were bitterly OPP
posed by her grown-up sons, reached Macon,
Ga, Monday. in company with her intended,
Mr. Albert Amsden. They quickly sought
justice and were married The bride is sixty
years old and very rich. The groom is twenty
five and handsome.
FARMER in Greensboro Md, thinking to
change his grade of potatoes, barreled all that
he had, shipped them to Baltimore, and ordered
few barrels of extra fine Northern potatoes for
seed. While barreling his own tubers he lost
his spectacles. When he received his Northern
seed potatoes he found his missing spectacles in
one of the barrels. Such things destroy conf
dence.
HEAVY silver plate the coffin of the un-
known murdered girl at Railway. New Jersey,
bears this inscription: